How do you get experience for a position if noone will hire to get experience?

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

The company I work at hires people without experience. Im sure some company around you does as well

Experience in job descriptions are a joke. Only there cos people haven't figured out how to write "idiots need not apply" on an advert.

If your CV clearly shows you can do the job and you got some evidence to back it up, apply regardless and you'll be surprised who gets back. My second job needed 3 - 5 years experience...I had 6 months lol.

The thing with no experience is like no credit, there's no evidence to back up your claims. But side projects, random things related, anything that proves your capabilities all can go a long way if you advertise them properly.

If your just starting out, build a few projects off your own back. It will be a great learning experience and give you tangible stuff to show future potential employers.

Sure it may not be commercial experience but if you do have side projects to show and discuss then it may get you in the door for interview.

@irene the egg was first but the first chicken did not come from a chicken egg...

@irene but the ovum would be genetically not a chicken, it would be some chicken progenitor ovum and therefore not a chicken egg, not even on a cellular level.

@irene @seraphimsystems i believe the first chicken was born from mutated proto-chicken egg, layed by proto-chicken

@irene yes i mean the egg

The mutated egg of one species led to the birth of another species.

How is this not the rightfully accepted answer already??

Build something on your own. Build anything. It will show you are self motivated and you will gain actual experience you can talk about in the process.
You never know, this may be your last opportunity to build what you want to instead of what you have to for a long time.

I saw a study recently that showed the odds of getting a job when you only meet 50% of the requirements are equal to the odds when you have 90% of the requirements. So if you can say yes to half of the listing, go ahead and apply. Those things are written by some clueless HR rep anyway

@CodeBane Nice! That's awesome!

@ftyross Yep, have those.

@daprodigalsun I have projects, just need them(employers) to take chance on me.

@Nanos 😂😂

@Nanos I was thinking that...🤔

@irene 😂😂

@irene the chicken was here before the egg.